At the Gotels 
The annual mid-summer ball at the 
Oceanside Saturday evening was the most 
brilliant society affair at Magnolia this 
season and ranked high in that long list 
of seaside sociables which have made 
Magnolia and the Oceanside famous. 
The ball was the first formal event of 
the season. Coming in the midst of the 
big tennis tournament, it was made a 
tennis ball. Not only were the hotel 
guests, their families and friends present, 
but a great many ot the society folk along 
the North Shore, from Beverly to Rock- 
port. When the ball was at its height, 
the assemblage of handsomely gowned 
women was one of the most brilliant 
ever seen at Magnolia. 
The decorations of the immense ball 
room were simple, but very attractive and 
fitting. The national colors in flags and 
streamers were artistically festooned 
about the walls and ceiling and attractive- 
ly set off by alarge number of palms, 
water-)illies and other flowers. ‘The ball 
held out until midnight. 
Among the guests many distinguished 
personages were noted Among them 
were Baron Kroupensky, head of the 
Russian embassy in the absence of Baron 
Rosen who is now in Russia. Postmas- 
ter General Frank Hitchcock, who spent 
the week-end at Beverly in conference 
with the President was also there as well 
asCapt. Matthew A. DeLaney, U.S. A., 
physician to the President’s family. 
Among the elegantly gowned women 
noted were: Mrs. W. H. Scudder of St. 
Louis, old gold satin, jet trimmings, dia- 
monds; Miss Gladys Scudder of St. 
Louis, salmon-colored satin, point Jace 
and pearls; Mrs. H. W. Farnum of 
Chicago, black lace over black satin, 
diamonds; Mrs. Henry S. Rowe of 
Boston, black lace over black silk, dia- 
monds; Mrs. E. Prescott Rowe of 
Brookline, white satin and point lace and 
diamonds; Mrs. Robert E. Livington of 
New York, yellow satin and lace and 
diamonds; Miss Helena Lippincott of 
Philadelphia, white lace embroidered in 
gold; Mrs. J. G. Baldwin, jr., of New 
York, pink silk, lace and diamonds; 
Miss Donna Béach of New York, black 
lace over salmon satin; Mrs. S. H. Jones 
of New York, white lace over white 
satin, pearl trimmings and diamonds; 
Mrs. A. P. Dewey of Chicago, old rose 
satin, point lace and diamonds; Mrs. J. 
C. Kerr of Brooklyn, nile green silk, 
point lace, diamonds; Miss G. L. Kerr 
of Brooklyn, salmon-colored satin; Miss 
Helen Kerr of Brooklyn, white point 
lace and pearls; Mrs. G. L. Andrews 
of Washington, white satin, point lace 
and diamonds; Mrs. Charles Phelps of 
Rockville, Conn., white satin and point 
lace, diamonds; Mrs. Roger Noble 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
OUT DOOR FETE 
In Aid of the Addison Gilbert Hospital 
On Hospital Grounds, Washington St., Gloucester 
Wednesday Afternoon and Evening, August 25th 
Admission roc. Band Concerts by Clark’s Band in the after- 
noon and Acoriana National Band in the evening. Luncheon 
will be served during afternoon. 
A New England Supper will 
be served from 5 to 7 o'clock. Klondike, Punch, Lunch, Supper, 
Candy, Ice Cream, Flower and other booths and attractions, 
TREASURE BOOKS 
How many words and precious things 
Go fiying off on rapid wings 
Because we have no cage. 
And pictures too are thrown away 
When we would like to have them stay 
And grace a sheltering page. 
At the STUSDIO-GIFT-SHOP, Library Bldg 
Hand-carved, Gold-framed Panel Mirrors 
Heartsease in Beautifully Wrought Bottles and many other Novel Gifts. 
Burnbam, Magnolia, point lace over white 
silk; Mrs. Ruth Ward of Bryn Mawr, 
pink satin, diamonds; Mrs. J. Harring- 
ton Walker of Detroit, white satin, poiat 
lace, diamonds; Mrs. Arthur Cook of 
Boston, light blue satin, diamonds; Mrs. 
E. B. Ryckman of Toronto, black satin, 
dresden trimmings; Mrs. C. L. Holt of 
Boston, point lace over cream satin, dia- 
monds; Mrs. W. T. White Crowell, 
yellow satin, princess, cut-steel trim- 
mings, diamonds; Mrs. E. H. Graham 
of Boston, turquoise blue princess, pearls; 
Miss Julia Culbert of New York, cerise 
and cream Jace, péarls; Mrs. McMahon 
of Philadelphia, gray satin, gold passe- 
menterie; Miss Elsie Martin of Plain- 
field, N. J., white lace over yellow satin; 
Miss Ida Crossley of East Orange, N. 
J., white satin, princess, pearl trimmings; 
Miss Frances O’ Dea of Boston, white 
chiffon and pearls; Mrs. W. R. Nelson 
of Kansas City, black lace and jet, dia- 
monds; Miss Margaret Gummey of Bos- 
ton, white satin and lace; Mrs. James 
McMahon of Philadelphia, gray satin and 
Jace and embroidery of gold; Mrs. 
George W. Stetson of New York, black 
jet over moire silk; Miss Ethel Stetson 
of New York, cream lace over pink 
satin; Miss Grace O’Brien, pink satin, 
point lace and diamonds; Miss Mabel 
Hume of Washington, white satin, steel 
trimmings, diamonds; Mrs. T. DeWitt 
‘Talmage of Washington, black lace over 
An empty book is what I need 
To fill with things I love to read 
And keep and read again. 
A lovely book, securely bound, 
Now where can such a book be found 
To keep or give a Sriend ; e 
.» Magnolia 
bronze satin and diamonds; Mrs. G. H.. 
Kittridge of Yonkers, N. Y., cream lace, 
blue satin trimmings, diamonds; Mrs. - 
C. E. Bond of Hartford, Conn., blue 
satin, point lace, diamonds; Mrs. R. L. 
Fryer of Buffalo, NN, wig white poaneleds 
lace, diamonds. 
Miss Marion Benoist, one of the most 
prominent of the younger society set of 
St. Louis, Mo., is registered at the 
Oceanside as a guest of Mrs. William 
Bagnell of St. Louis. Another guest of 
the Bagnells is Hayward Post, jr., of St. 
Louis. Mr. Post has been prominent in 
the tennis tournament just closing at the 
Oceanside. 
C. H. Ackert, vice-president and gen- 
eral manager of the Southern Railroad, 
came over early in the week to sped 
several days with his family, who have 
been living at the Oceanside for several 
weeks. 
their home in Washington until the end 
of the season, although business demands 
that Mr. Ackert be in Washington most 
of the summer and fall. 
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Rowe of Law- 
rence, are spending a fortnight with Mr. 
and Mrs. H. S. Rowe of Boston, who 
are at the Oceanside for the summer. 
Thomas E. Rutledge and Robert A. 
Holland, jr., of St. Louis, Mo., are 
guests of the Oceanside for ten days. 
‘They are touring New England by mo- 
tor. 
The family will not return to — 
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